زن

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of suspicion, estimation, and scarcity. It extends to descriptions of limited quantities, particularly of water, and also encompasses terms for small or insignificant things, and specific animal names or descriptions.

Derived headwords

عَصَبَverb

1.
to be dryclassical
To become dry or withered, often used in relation to plants or the body.

أَزَنَّverb

1.
to suspectclassical
To suspect someone of something, whether good or bad.

أَزَنَّنْتُهُverb

1.
to accuseclassical
To accuse someone of something, to impute it to them.

زَنَنٌadjective

1.
scarceclassical
Describing water as little and narrow, or uncertain whether it contains water or not.

الزِّنُّnoun

1.
walkingclassical
The act of walking, or a strong, steady gait.
2.
stompingclassical
The act of treading or stomping.

التَّزْنِينُnoun

1.
persistent eatingclassical
The act of persistently or habitually eating something.

زُنَيْرٌname

1.
Zunairclassical
A name, specifically referring to Ibn Ka'b, a clan or lineage.

زَنِينٌname

1.
Mahmud ibn Zaninclassical
A proper name, referring to Mahmud ibn Zanin.

زَنَّةٌadjective

1.
inferior grainclassical
Describing wheat that is the opposite of 'adhī (fine, choice grain), implying it is of lesser quality.

الزَّنَانِيُّnoun

1.
nasal mucusclassical
A substance resembling mucus that drips from the noses of camels.

زَنَانٌadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing something as short in duration or length.

زَنَاءٌadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing something as short in duration or length.

زِنَانِيٌّadjective

1.
self-sufficientclassical
Describing a man who is self-sufficient and needs no one else.

أَبُو زَنَّةٍname

1.
apeclassical
A name for an ape or monkey.

Parallel reading

زن عصبه: يبس

Zanna 'asabuhu: it became dry.

وفلانا بخير أو شر: ظنه به

And he suspected someone of good or evil: he thought it of him.

كأزنه

As if he suspected him.

وأز ننته بكذا: اتهمته به

And I accused him of such-and-such: I imputed it to him.

ومياه زنن، محركة: قليل ضيق، أو ظنون لا يدرى أفيه ماء أم لا

And waters zanan, vocalized: little and narrow, or uncertain whether there is water in it or not.

والزن، بالكسر: الماش، أو الدوسر

And al-zin, with kasr: walking, or stomping.

والتزنين: ملازمة أكله

And al-taznin: persistently eating it.

وكزبير: ابن كعب، بطن

And as Zubair: Ibn Ka'b, a clan.

ومحمود بن زنين: م

And Mahmud ibn Zanin: a proper name.

وحنطة زنة، بالكسر: خلاف العذي

And wheat zannah, with kasr: the opposite of al-'adhī.

والزنانى، كزبانى: شبه المخاط يقع من أنوف الإبل

And al-zanānī, like zubānī: resembles mucus that drips from the noses of camels.

وظل زنان، كسحاب، وزناء: قصير

And he remained short, like saḥāb, and zanā': short.

ورجل زناني: يكفي نفسه لا غير

And a man zanānī: suffices for himself and no one else.

وأبو زنة: القرد

And Abū Zannah: the ape.